Minor Counties Championship 1908

107 MATCH NUMBER 74 : LANCASHIRE 2 ND XI V NORTHUMBERLAND – NORTH DIVISION At The Bury Cricket Club Ground, Buckley Wells, Bury on Monday 10, Tuesday 11 August 1908 Result: Lancashire 2 nd XI won by six wickets Points: Lancashire 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: W Copeland and J Gregory Debutants: Lancashire 2 nd XI 1 (F M Bentley); Northumberland 1 (J H Armstrong) First day score: Northumberland 170; Lancashire 2 nd XI 83-5 wickets (C Watson 5*) Northumberland * F W Gillespie c Tyldesley b Rimmer 66 (1) c Rimmer b Rowlands 4 J T Carr b Sladen 18 (2) c Ainscough b Rimmer 0 Marshall, J c Tyldesley b Rowlands 29 (3) b Rimmer 10 Richardson, O c Bentley b Rowlands 1 (4) b Rowlands 0 J H Armstrong b Hope 1 (6) c Nall b Rowlands 0 Chambers, M c Tyldesley b Sladen 12 (8) b Rowlands 6 N R E Wilkinson b Rimmer 0 (7) c Watson b Rimmer 2 Milne, G T b Rowlands 23 (5) c Watson b Rowlands 5 + T Ullathorne c Sladen b Rimmer 4 (9) lbw b Rimmer 4 R Foster b Rimmer 0 (10) c Watson b Rowlands 6 Elsey, G not out 2 (11) not out 2 Extras b 6, lb 6, nb 2 14 b 8, lb 1, nb 1 10 Total 170 49 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 87 88 90 138 138 145 168 168 170 Second innings 0 12 12 25 29 31 32 40 46 49 Rimmer 17 2 41 4 - - (1) 12 5 21 4 - - Sladen 18 4 54 2 - - Rowlands 13.3 3 34 3 - - (2) 11.3 5 18 6 - 1 Hope 10 2 26 1 - 2 Heap 1 0 1 0 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 59.3 11 170 10 0 2 23.3 10 49 10 0 1 Lancashire 2 nd XI Heap, J S c Marshall b Foster 9 (1) b Milne 15 C P Leese c Marshall b Elsey 31 (2) b Elsey 6 Tyldesley, W K c and b Milne 9 (3) not out 15 V Hope c Foster b Elsey 14 (4) c Richardson b Milne 6 Watson, C b Elsey 10 (6) not out 1 R Nall b Elsey 1 Sladen, A R b Marshall 26 (5) c Ullathorne b Elsey 3 * T Ainscough c Richardson b Elsey 34 Rowlands, L S c Milne b Elsey 11 F A Rimmer not out 3 + F M Bentley b Milne 0 Extras b 16, lb 4, w 6 26 b 1, nb 2 3 Total 174 (4 wickets) 49 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 27 40 74 77 83 102 135 166 173 174 Second innings 21 23 36 41 - - - - - - Milne 22.4 7 40 2 - - (2) 8 3 18 2 - - Foster 14 1 54 1 6 - Elsey 14 1 41 6 - - (1) 8 1 28 2 - 2 Marshall 7 1 13 1 - - Extras - - 26 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 57.4 10 174 10 6 0 16 4 49 4 0 2 Notes: Lancashire 2 nd XI won this return match by 6 wickets on the second day. The match between the two sides at Jesmond in June had also been won by Lancashire 2 nd XI. Showers interrupted play on both days. For the losers, there were 8 fours in Gillespie’s 66. This was the first use of this venue for a championship match. [Missing: Precise time completed.] Sources: Lancashire Recopied Scorebook; Bury Times 12 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 11,12 August; The Sportsman 11,12 August; Cricket 20 August, p 366